Updated List Of Gorilla Families And Permits Available In Buhoma Region.

Revised list of gorilla families and permits accessible in Buhoma, Bwindi. Apart from the busiest gorilla safari location in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, the Buhoma region has some of the pioneer gorilla families from the park. Five gorilla families open to public booking today in the northern section of Bwindi Impenetrable National, the Buhoma region. Note that while the habituation process is still under progress for probable younger children, the count of gorilla families in the Buhoma region may vary.

Among the first gorilla trekking families sent to public visitation in Uganda, the Mubare gorilla family became open for tourism in 1993. 1998 saw the opening of the Habyinyanja gorilla family for gorilla treking. In 3002 Rushegura was also available to the general public. Though they are currently under observation, there are yet more possible gorilla families that could be accessible to the general people.

Given its special past, many visitors originally asked for gorilla permits for Buhoma before other regions. This changed, although, when the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park was split into four areas. Apart from the Buhoma region, additional gorilla safari sites in Bwindi are Ruhija in the east and Rushaga and Nkuringo in the south.

Make sure you plan lodging for the gorilla trekking safari either within or near the Buhoma region to prevent running afoul of rules trying to catch up with briefing time. The varied landforms separating one region of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park from another makes connecting between them difficult; also, the extensive forest cover is difficult to access. Sometimes the usual autumn rains leaves the roads linking the Bwindi districts muddy.

The Gorilla families in the Buhoma region:

Mubare family:

Since the Buhoma region was opened in 1993 and this Uganda safari activity was made available to the public, this gorilla family bears the gorilla trekking legacy of the area. The Mubare family, derived from the Mubare Hills in Kanungu, includes numerous family members whose numbers vary with time as many births and deaths take place. Seeing the Mubare gorilla family is like stepping into Uganda’s gorilla trekking safaris’ past.

With 10 mountain gorilla family members, the Rushegura family—3002—was finally released for public access. The family has evolved; now, over 16 individuals are listed under the Rushegura gorilla family but may increase or shrink depending on the state of the forest.

Families from Habinyanja

The Habinyanja family was the second to be made publicly visited in Uganda in the history of gorilla trekking. Opening this gorilla trekking family, twenty-one members have enrolled with two silverbacks. Birth, splits, grabbing, and much more are occurring in the bush, so the count of the habinyanja gorilla family has been shifting over time.

Muyambi family:

One of the Muyambi gorilla trekking families broke apart from the Mubare gorilla family when one of their silverbacks began his own family.

This gorilla family had six members at the time it was first accessible for gorilla trekking, however numbers could vary with time.

familia Katwe

In 2018 public visits to the Katwe gorilla trekking family in the Buhoma region were welcomed. Thanks to the habituation program, this family increased the count of gorilla permits accessible in the Buhoma region. For three years, the Katwe family was under the gorilla habituation.

How would you schedule gorilla families for the Buhoma area?

While family-based booking for Bwindi Impenetrable National Park no longer exists, on trekking day visitors are assigned these gorilla families to walk. There may be eight visitors to every gorilla family maximum.

Suggest this directly when you submit the gorilla safari question, if Buhoma is your favorite gorilla trekking destination. Tell others you intend to schedule the gorilla trip when you search for availability.

While we help our customers to purchase gorilla permits at Katland Safaris, you must offer us the date and amount of gorilla permits you want to book. Participants for gorilla safaris in Uganda must be at least 15 years of age as that is the age restriction. Our tour guide looks for gorilla trekking permits from the Uganda Wildlife Authority list.

If Buhoma gorilla trekking permits are not available, remain open-minded to other choices as the experience is unique and fascinating in all the gorilla trekking sites. Every day Buhoma offers 32 gorilla trekking licenses for public booking.

Once availability is known, get your gorilla permits right away before they run out. Though availability is restricted to a maximum of 8 per gorilla family, demand for gorilla licenses is great globally. This is for conservation purposes; bombards of humans in the forest disturb the mountain gorillas. For the vegetarian mountain gorillas, even the consequences of mass tourism—like trampling on vegetation—may cause food shortage.

Forward to us some personal information to include on the gorilla permits card: your complete name as shown on the passport, date of birth, nationality, and passport expiry date.

Where in the Buhoma region may one find lodging suitable for gorilla trekking?

The Buhoma section of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has the most comprehensive selection of lodging options spanning luxury, mid-range, and cheap. Demand for these facilities rises throughout the peak season, which is June, July, August, September, December, and January, therefore causing shortage.

Among the Buhoma lodging are Gorilla Forest Camp, Marasa Silverback Lodge, Mahogany Springs, Bwindi View Bandas, Gorilla Resort, Buhoma community Campsite, Lake Kitandara Tented Camp, Buhoma Lodge, Volcanoes Bwindi Lodge.

How one arrives to the Buhoma section of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park?

By road.
Though it may be accessed from many paths, the Buhoma region is in the north section of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park:

Driving for around nine to ten hours, Kampala, or Entebbe, to Kabale, Kanungu, And Buhoma is approximately 534 kilometers. You need a 4×4 wheel drive car for easier navigation because the roads are curvy and sometimes dirty.

Known to be the quickest path is Entebbe or Kampala to Ntungamo to Rukungiri to Kihihi to Buhoma. You cover around 472 kilometers on your drive.

About 160 kilometers from Mweya and 60 kilometers from the Ishasha area, Queen Elizabeth National Park spans Kihihi to Buhoma. Entebbe of viewing the tree climbing lions is more open when traveling throughout the Ishasha section of Queen Elizabeth National Park.

From Kigali in Rwanda, pass by Cyanika or Gatuna borders into Kabale, Kanungu, and Buhoma in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Five to six hours make up the trip.

You may get daily domestic flights to Kihihi airstrip from Entebbe Airport or Kajjansi Airfield. Your resort in the Buhoma region needs a transfer car hired. About two hours separate the Kihihi airstrip’s journey from the Buhoma region.

For private gorilla safaris, charter airplane services are available from Kajjansi Airfield or Entebbe Airport. You have to arrange a transfer car as well.

In the Buhoma region, which gorilla family is the easiest to visit?

The easiest gorilla family to hike in the Buhoma region is not clear-cut as mountain gorilla attitudes are always shifting. Their characteristics, the daily weather, the closeness of their food supply, and others all are shaped by the atmosphere of the forest. The ease or length of search for the mountain gorillas depends even on the speed of other visitors.

Given the current conditions in the jungle, the gorilla family nearby the previous day may be the distant the next day.

Though there is plenty to see in this eco-forest park, some patience is needed before seeing the mountain gorillas. You may also have an open mind. Search for additional primates including L’Hoest’s, olive baboons, black and white colobus, vervet monkeys, blue monkeys, grey-cheeked mangabey.

Gorilla treking in Buhoma lasts how long?

The time you find the mountain gorillas, the weather of the days, the speed of other visitors, and others determines the duration of the gorilla trekking safari in the Buhoma region. Only one hour is permitted with the mountain gorillas during gorilla trekking for conservation purposes.

Mountain gorillas’ everyday life is usually disrupted by human presence, hence the time spent with them is kept low.

While some visitors have spent more than three-quarters of the day, others have found the mountain gorillas in one hour; hence, you must be patient to finish the whole experience.

A gorilla safari to the Buhoma region costs what?

While we at Katland Safaris arrange our gorilla safaris based on Luxury, mid-range, and budget, the gorilla permits are the same expense for everybody.

For foreign non-residents, the gorilla trekking permit for the Buhoma region costs $800; for foreign residents, it is $700; and for East Africans, it is 300 000shs.

We take into account the number of persons on the safari, the number of days on the gorilla tour, the tour package you pick, the time of booking the gorilla safari, other activities to mix with the gorilla tour, and others in order to quote other gorilla safari expenses.

Is it possible to postpone the gorilla permits for the Buhoma region?

If you are confident you will be traveling in the future and you cannot honor the day for your scheduled gorilla safari, you may ask to reschedule. Following the steps below will help Uganda Wildlife Authority to approve gorilla permit rescheduling.

Write to the Uganda Wildlife Authority asking that the gorilla permit be brought forward. Explain why you are unable to go on the scheduled gorilla trip. Attach whatever proof you have to backup it.

Approved, your gorilla permit is moved in line with the prevailing availability status.

The gorilla permit to be rescheduled must to be completely paid for and transferred to a date within the year it was booked from.

How safe is Buhoma region gorilla trekking?

Since ranger rangers accompany every gorilla trip in the Buhoma region, it is safe for safaris. Aiming to preserve the mountain gorillas and other forest inhabitants, these skilled and seasoned ranger guides are Every ranger guide carries a defensive item: one has a firearm and another a machete for any kind of emergency.

In should support be required, the ranger guide also carries a radio call to let security on the ground know.

The ranger guide patrol crew gets up early every morning to track where the mountain gorillas could have spent the night or prospective hangout sites for the day. Like other deadly wild creatures like lions, hyenas, and others, they also search for evidence of strange visitors. Should they trace placed snares, the rangers deactivate them.

Before allowing the family to be seen publicly, even the mountain gorillas must get acclimated to human presence. Without changing their nature, this helps ease the hostility between the mountain gorillas and people.

Entering the forest only with an accompanying ranger guide means that, as a visitor, you have to consider personal security. To prevent getting lost in the forest, keep with the group you are trekking gorillas with.

How demanding is gorilla trekking in the Buhoma Area?

The geography of the Bwindi forest makes gorilla hiking in Buhoma difficult. Several landforms including hills and plateaus covered in rich flora emerged from the volcanic activity in this region.

Visitors have to hike to locate the mountain gorillas when they spend part of their day on the slopes. You need some fitness to do the gorilla hike as this is really exhausting. Choosing the correct gorilla safari clothing helps you avoid injury as the jungle features certain irritating surfaces like stinging nettles.

Cary, some energy snacks to eat on the way to locate the mountain gorillas.

Hiring a porter before beginning the gorilla trip helps you avoid tiredness lugging the safari equipment. A porter is a local resident who holds your stuff while you search for the mountain gorillas. When you are exhausted, the porter may also provide you a push. Hiring the porter for gorilla safaris is quite affordable.

Hiring a porter is one of the primary ways you can help the community on the gorilla safari if you desire to do so.

Get more information by contacting our staff.